Legendary Mahjong

Review

“Once upon a time, there lived a people who forgot their gods and whose temples fell into decay. The gods grew angry at the people and decided to punish them. One of the gods decided to help the people avoid their penance. But he can’t get involved in the affairs of mortals by himself, so he’s going to need your help.”

Kokopelli is the God of Unbridled Happiness and has chosen you to help the people escape the wrath of the gods by restoring the decaying temples. Your first temple to restore is the Temple of Fire and there are five other temples in which you will be required to restore to their former glory. Along with the Temple of Fire, you have the Temple of Earth, the Temple of Air, the Temple of Water, the Temple of Wisdom and finally the Temple of Time.

Each of the temples has a different Game Mode; the Temple of Fire has a Traditional Mode, the Temple of Earth has a Match Mode, the Temple of Air has a Slide Mode, Temple of Water has a River Mode, the Temple of Wisdom has a Numbers Mode and the Temple of Time has a Triple Mode. All the temples have three tiers of levels, with each tier consisting of twenty-eight levels for a total of five-hundred and four levels across the six different temples.

Before each level, you will be shown the rules of the game; you can turn this off if you don’t need any help. The different temples all have the basic rules of the game, click on identical tiles to match them. Although there may be some slight variation between the temples, for example in the traditional mode you have to click on two matching tiles or two tiles from the same group in order to move them from the game board, as long as they don’t have another tile either side of them. The Temple of Earth will still have to match identical tiles, however you have to match the tiles on the game board to one of four tiles identified in the bottom centre of the screen.

Hidden underneath the tiles on the game board are two final tiles indicated as blue balls on golden tiles. You complete a level by removing the tiles and clicking these two golden tiles, although if you finish the level prior to removing all the other tiles before the golden ones then you will only gain one or two stars. For a total completion of a level, you must remove all tiles from the gameboard in order to collect all three stars.

At times you may find yourself struggling, but to help you there’s a Question Mark which, when selected, will point you in the right direction to help you move forward. However, there’re will be times when there are no matches left so you will have to shuffle the tiles on the board. You do this by clicking the Refresh button which can be found along the bottom of the screen along with the Question Mark button. Refreshing the board will cost you a thousand points each time you use it; if you don’t have enough points, it will take what you do have.

There are also new tiles that you will unlock, and which can be used on the gameboard, such as Swap Tiles, Magnet Tiles and Treasure Chests, which could either help you when you’re in a pickle or give you some extra points.

To unlock a new temple, you must first discover a key. I’m not sure if you must collect a certain number of stars to receive a key, but I received a key after completing four levels of a temple. In the last temple you can still receive a key, which will open the Celestial Gate and Classic Mode which can be found on the main menu screen. This game mode has another three hundred plus levels for you to play.

Completing a level will give you a Level Score, this is dependent on the number of points you accumulate. The level score will then go towards your Total Score for all levels completed. This score will also go towards you and your Rank, I don’t think this really does anything, but it never hurts to rank up a character.

In the settings you will only find Sound and Music Volume Sliders, Game Cursor, Window Mode and Show Rules For all Temples Tick Boxes.

Legendary Mahjong is a fun game, and it is pretty easy to learn and play. The different game modes give you a bit of difference and difficulty, although the Slide Mode can be quite frustrating and it will get you using that noggin of yours, especially if you want to get all three stars and achievements.

After using the Help button, sometimes it would point out a tile that you could not click on or match to another tile. The game has run perfectly fine apart from this small issue.

Review written by Piston Smashed™ for Zeepond.com

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